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Soldier, Home from Afghanistan, Surprises His Entire Family One-by-One

WelcomeHomeBlog.com – Military homecoming videos, pictures & stories! Tim had been deployed in Afghanistan, but came home to surprise his family and friends. His wife recently gave birth and he was there via Skype, but he hadn’t held his son yet. Tim’s other son had a birthday party allowing for surprise after surprise as family [...]

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US Marine Surprises Daughter After Coming Home Early From Deployment

WelcomeHomeBlog.com – Military homecoming videos, pictures & stories! “This is a video of my stepdaughter, Mckenzie, getting the surprise of a lifetime from my husband, Chase. She wasnt expecting him home from deployment for five more days… She got quite a shock! We closed on a new home one week prior, and she thought her [...]

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US Soldier, Home From Kuwait, Surprises His Father-in-Law

WelcomeHomeBlog.com – Military homecoming videos, pictures & stories! “This is a video of my husband surprising my father when he came home for an unexpected R&R leave. No one knew he was coming in. My big, tough Daddy turns into a big ole’ softy when it comes to his kids, and he is so proud [...]

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Van Jones on Democracy Now! Tuesday – Read An Excerpt From His New Book, “Rebuild the Dream”

Ahead of Van Jones’ interview on Democracy Now! Tuesday, you can read an excerpt from his newest book, Rebuild the Dream. The green economy pioneer reflects on his journey from grassroots outsider to White House insider, shares details of his time in the Obama administration and his resignation after coming under attack from then-Fox News host, [...]

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General Strike in Spain: Report from Madrid on Growing Anti-Austerity Protests

Workers in Spain staged a general strike Thursday, shutting down factories and parts of the transportation sector and holding massive marches. The strike was called by two major trade unions to protest labor rules that make it less costly for employers to hire and fire people in a country where unemployment is near 23 percent. [...]

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Read an Excerpt from Anthony Shadid’s New Memoir, “House of Stone”

On Thursday, we will interview reporter, Nada Bakri, wife of recently deceased, New York Times foreign correspondent, Anthony Shadid. Shadid died of an apparent asthma attack while covering the conflict in Syria. His newly published memoir, "House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East," documents his return to a small [...]

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Vietnam – Destruction from Above

THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IN VIETNAM This enthralling account examines the main roles played by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War, highlighting both the combat and non-combat operations carried out. From medical care, precisely orchestrated airstrikes and the all important supply run the men, women and machines of the US Air [...]

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From the Archive: Newt Gingrich Outraged Over Amy Goodman’s Tough Questions About GOP’s ‘War on Women’

Newt Gingrich’s attacks on reporters who’ve asked him tough questions during the 2012 Republican presidential primary may sound familiar to Democracy Now! listeners and viewers. Watch the video above to see Amy Goodman question Gingrich about the GOP’s "War on Women," first in 1995 during his tenure as Speaker of the House, and again after [...]

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INTENSE!!! TRUE CLOSE AMBUSH FROM TALIBAN!!!

Alpha 1-87 IN 10th MTN charges head first into an enemy ambush. Skip to 2:20 to begin if you want. Basically we were on a cache search when we hit an enemy ambush from about 30-50 meters away, you can hear the bullets going by Gannon’s head. Gannon leads his SAW gunner to fight through [...]

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Withdraw From Afghanistan

Michael Yon has written a short note entitled Time To Leave Afghanistan.  I concur, but for somewhat different reasons, or at least, I will state my reasons somewhat differently.  I had been pondering going public with my counsel to withdraw from Afghanistan, and then I read possibly the most depressing entry on Afghanistan I have [...]

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